Time-stamp.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

W. C. JONES & Gr. B. PERRY.

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No. 861,521. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907. W. G. JONES & G. E. PERRY.

TIME STAMP. APPLIOATION FILED MAY31,1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIOE.

WALTER CLYDE JONES AND GEORGE ELLIOT PERRY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID PERRY ASSIGNOR TO PERRY TIME STAMP COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TIME-STAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed May 31,1904. Serial No. 210,458.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER CLYDE Jones and GEoneE ELLio'r PERRY, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of i Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Time-Stamps, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to time stamps, and particularly to that class of stamps carrying a motor mechanism for operating the time controlled parts of the impression mechanism.

The object of our invention is to provide a portable time stamp having a resilient mounting for the clockwork to relieve the same of impact and jar due to the positioning and operation of the stamp, and impression means movable relatively to the clock-work in making an impression, the impression means being continuously connected with the clock-work by means of transmitting mechanism adapted to permit the movement of the impression means relatively to the clockwork, while accommodating the limited movement of the clock-work due to the resilient mounting thereof.

The other novel features of our invention will appear from the following description of the drawings, in which is illustrated one form of our invention, which we have worked out for commercial purposes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of our invention, taken on the line ll of Fig. 2 Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, with parts broken away to show the revoluble dies; Fig. 4 is a view of the face of the impression mechanism; Fig. 5 is a detail view of the driving gear; and, Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the driving mechanism.

The particular embodiment of our invention illustrated in the figures above referred to has been chosen as a typical form of time stamp embodying our invention. We shall describe the construction and operation of this particular embodiment for the purpose of disclosing the characteristics of our invention, but it will be understood that we do not desire to limit our selves to the one particular form of the invention, which we have illustrated and described for the purpose of disclosing the generic characteristics of our invention.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters in which the same reference numerals are used to designate like parts in the several figures, a stationary frame 1 is provided, which constitutes the end walls of the stamp and is provided with legs or gage parts 2 adapted to engage the surface to be impressed, when an impression is made, and serves to adjust the impression mechanism relative to said surface. Secured to the end plates or frame 1 is a table 3, the edges 4 of said table being preferably drawn down and secured to the end plates 1, in any suitable manner, said drawn down edges constituting the side walls or casing of the stamp. Any suitable horologic motor mechanism, as the clock train 5, having a main spring and a winding stem 6 for winding the same, is inclosed within suitable supporting plates 7, said plates being preferably secured together by bolts 8, 8. The plates 7, 7, are secured to the table 3 by U-shapcd pieces 9, 9, one end of said pieces being fixedly secured to the table 3, the other end of said U-shaped pieces 9 being adapted to engage the bolts 8, 8, to secure the motor supporting plates 7 in position. .loiled springs 10, 10, are preferably disposed upon the bolts 8 upon either side of the ends of the U-shaped pieces 9, 5), engaging said bolts. It will be seen that the motor mechanism is thus resiliently mounted within the casing or frame of the stamp, the U-shaped plates loosely engaging the bolts 8, 8, and the springs 10, 10, permitting the plates 7, 7, to move slightly relative to their support, thus cushioning the motor mechanism and relieving the impact or jar upon said mechanism when an impression is made. A tube 11 is fixedly mounted upon the table 3 and is adapted to telescope with a suitable handle 12 carried upon a yoke or inverted U-shaped member 13, said handle preferably having a bushing 14 therein, said bushing forming a bearing for the tube 11, Suitably secured to the extended ends of the yoke 13, as by bolts 16 passing through the block 17, is a supporting plate 15, said plate 15 carrying the impression mechanism. The blocks 17 are adapted to reciprocate within slots 18, 18, formed in the end pieces or plates 1, said blocks 17 and slots 18, the tube 11 and the bushing 14 with which said tube is adapted to telescope, constituting bearing surfaces for the impression mechanism when the stamp is actuated to make an impression. A coiled spring 10 is preferably disposed within the tube 11 and bushing 14, said spring being adapted to retain the stamp in its normal position, as shown in Fig. 2.

The impression mechanism preferably consists of stationary dials 20, 20, one of said dials being adapted to print the hour, and another of said dials being adapted to print the minutes of the hour. The time is preferably indicated upon said dials by revoluble dies 2]., 21, said dies being adapted to print pointers or hands to indicate the time upon the stationary dials and being connected with the motor mechanism, as will be hereafter described. A third revoluble die 22 is adapted to indicate the forenoon and afternoon of the day. The stationary dials 20 are carried upon the plate 15, said dials being preferably mounted upon a thin sheet metal plate 22, as shown in Fig. 2. The revoluble dies 21 are preferably mounted in cups 26, said cups being carried upon arbors 23, 23, suitably journaled between the plate 15 and a sub-plate 24, a suitable gearing 25 being disposed between the supporting plate 15 and the sub-plate 24, for relatively driving said dies. The dials 20 and their co-acting dies 21 are preferably disposed upon the plate 15 to permit a stationary impression mechanism to be mounted thereon, as shown in Fig: 4, said stationary impression characters being mounted upon the plate 15 to aline with the operative faces of thetime recording dials and dies. Any suitable time recording mechanism may be substituted for the dials and co-acting revoluble dies above described, and any suitable method of relatively operating said dies may be provided in lieu of the clock train 25, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Suitable inking pads 27, 27 are provided for inking the face of the impression mechanism, said pads being preferably pivoted at 28, 28, to the end plates 1, 1, and being adapted to rest slightly out of engagement with the operative face of the impression mechanism, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Springs 29, 29, are coiled about the pivots 28, 28, said springs being adapted to engage the pads 27, 27, and retain said pads in their normal position, as shown in Fig. l. Rollers 30, 30, are carried upon the ends of the supporting plate 15, said rollers being held normally slightly out of engagement with the pads 27, 27.

The inking pads are disposed slightly out of engagement with the impression mechanism to prevent said pads from retarding the movement of the revoluble dies, as would be the case if said pads normally rested in engagement therewith. When the impression mechanism is moved to make an impression, the operative face of said impression mechanism first engages the inking pads and is inked thereby, the rollers 30, 30 carried by the plate 15, immediately thereafter engaging the pads and carrying said pads out of the path of the impression mechanism, as shown in Fig. 1, the springs 29, 29, returning the pads to their normal position after the impression has been made.

Suitably journaled in the supporting plates 15 and 24, is a vertically disposed shaft 31, said shaft being preferably square in cross section and constituting the driving means between the motor mechanism and the movable parts of the impresson mechanism, said shaft extending through the supporting frame 7 and being supported in position within said frame by means of rollers 32, 32, one of said rollers being adapted to engage said shaft upon each side thereof, said rollers permitting free movement of the shaft longitudinally through its support. The rollers 32, 32, are preferably journaled in a lantern frame consisting of bars 33, 33, said bars being secured to end pieces or caps 34, 34, the end pieces of said lantern being loosely journaled between the supporting plates 7, 7.

Fixedly secured to one end of the lantern frame 33 is a pinion or gear wheel 35, a suitable train of gearing 36 connecting said pinion with the motor mechanism. Any suitable gearing may be provided between the motor mechanism and the lantern for rotating the shaft 31.

The gearing carried by the supporting plate 15, for relatively moving the revoluble dies, is preferably arranged as shown in Fig. 3. A pinion 37 is carried by the shaft 31, said pinion meshing with an idler 38 piv oted to the plate 24, said idler meshing with the pinion 39. The pinion 39 is adapted to mesh with the pinion 40, .carried by the arbor of the revoluble die adapted to print the minutes of the hourv Carried upon the arbor of the pinion 39 is a small pinion 41, said pinion being adapfed to mesh with a pinion 42, secured to the arbor of the revoluble die for printing the hour. A small pinion 43 is carried by the arbor of the pinion 42 and is adapted to mesh with an idler 44 pivoted to the supporting plate 15, the said pinion 44 meshing with a pinion 45, secured to the arbor of the revoluble die, adapted to indicate the forenoon and afternoon of the day. It will be understood that any suitable train of gearing for relatively moving the impression mechanism to have at all times the proper characters in position for printing the minute and hour of the day, may be adopted in lieu of that above described, without departing from the spirit of our invention.

The motor mechanism is adapted to rotate the lantern frame, consisting of the end pieces 34, 34, and carrying the rollers 32, 32, by means of the gear wheel 35, secured thereto, the rollers 32 engaging the shaft 31, as shown in Fig. 5, said shaft rotating with the lantern frame, while being free to move longitudinally on said rollers, as shown in Fig. 6. The shaft 31 actuated by the motor mechanism 5, relatively rotates the revoluble dies 21, by means of the gearing 25, while permitting the impression mechanism to be moved relative to said motor to make an impression without disconnecting the moving parts of the impression mechanism from the motor mechanism.

By the arrangement of the rollers 32 in connection with the shaft 31, a continuous connection is provided between the clock-work and the impression mechanism which also accommodates the movement of the clockwork due to its resilient mounting. It will be seen that any vertical movement of the clock-work on springs 10 of the clock-work will not affect the connection between the clock-work and the impression mechanism. The clock-work also may be tilted slightly in any direction without affecting the connection between the same and the impression mechanism, and no matter what position the clock-work may assume on its resilient mounting within narrow limits, the rollers will not bind the shaft 31 nor prevent the impression mechanism from being properly operated by the clock-work.

It will thus be seen that, generally considered, we have provided a portable time stamp in-which the clock-work or horologic motor is mounted upon the frame of the time stamp, while the impression means is movable relatively thereto in making the impression. The relatively movableimpression means is continuously connected with the clock-work to receive motion therefrom through the agency of extensible transmitting mechanism, which, while permitting the relative movement of the impression means, accommodates the limited movement of the clock-work due to its resilient mounting upon the frame.

It will be seen that when power is applied to the handle 12, the bail or U-shaped frame 13 upon the free ends of which the impression mechanism is carried, will carry the impression mechanism into engagement with the surface to be impressed, against the power of the coiled spring 19. It will be seen that during the above operation of the stamp, the shaft 31 will move longitudinally through the rollers 32, and that at all Cir times during the operation of making an impression, said shaft will remain in operative relation with the motor mechanism and continue to be rotated thereby, the impression mechanism being thus continuously connected with the motor mechanism.

We are aware that many different devices may be used for connecting the impression mechanism with the motor mechanism for continuously rotating said impression mechanism when an impression is being made and we do not wish to limit the scope of our invention to the particular means above described.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a time stamp, the combination with a frame, of a clock-work resiliently mounted thereon, impression means movable relatively to said clock-work and continuous transmitting mechanism between said clock-work and said impression means adapted to accommodate the limited movement of the clock-work due to its resilient mounting.

2. In a time stamp, the combination with a frame, of a clock-work carried thereby, springs interposed between said clockavork and frame to provide a resilient mounting for the clock-work, impression means movable relatively to said clock-work, and continuous, extensible, transmitting mechanism between said clock work and said impression mechanism adapted to accommodate the movement of the clock-work on its resilient mounting while permitting the relative movement of the impression means.

3. In a time stamp, the combination with a main frame, of a clock-work mounted thereon, impression means movable relatively to said clock-work, a suitable frame carrying said impression means, a yoke connected with said latter frame, a handle mounted upon said yoke, a tubular guide-post mounted upon said main frame, and extensible transmitting mechanism between said clock-work and said impression means, said transmitting mechanism comprising in part a rod or bar movable with said transmitting mechanism and adapted to move back and forth within said tubular guide'post.

4. In a portable time stamp, the combination with a frame having gage parts adapted to engage the surface to be stamped and adjust the impression mechanism rela tively thereto, of a horologic motor, an impression mechanism having time controlled parts operated by said motor and movable relatively thereto in making an impresslon, means for relieving the impact or jar upon the motor when an impression is made, and means for continuously connecting said impression mechanism with said motor.

In a portable time stamp, the combination with a stationary frame having gage parts adapted to engage the surface to be stamped, of a horologic motor carried thereby, resilient means associated with said motor for relieving the impact or jar upon the same during the making of an impression. an impression mechanism movable relatively to said motor, and having moving time controlled parts operated thereby, and means for com tinuously and operatively connecting said impression mech anism with said motor.

(3. In a portable time stamp, the combination with a frame having gage parts adapted to engage the surface to be stamped and adjust the impression mechanism relaanism to make an impression, a rod or shaft for tively thereto, of a horologic motor, an impression mech anism movable relatively to said motor and having moviug time controlled parts operated therebyi means for relieving the impact or jar ripen said motor during the mak ing of an impression, and a rod or shaft for operatively and continuously connecting said motor mechanism with the impression mechanism.

7. In a portable time stamp, the combination with impression mechanism having moving time controlled parts, of a suitable motor for driving said parts. said impression mechanism being movable relative to said motor mechoperatively connecting said motor with said impre ion mechanism. and rollers adapted to engage said rod, said rollers permitting longitudinal movement of said rod, whereby said connection is maintained while an impression is being made.

8. In a portable time stamp, the combination with impression mechanism having moving time controlled parts, of a suitable motor for driving said parts, said impression mechanism being movable relative to said motor mechanism to make an impression, means for inking the operative face of said impression mechanism, a rod or shaft for operatively connecting said motor with said impression mechanism, and rollers adapted to engage said rod, said rollers permitting longitudinal movement of said rod, whereby said connection is maintained while an impression is being made.

5). In a portable time stamp, the combination with inipression mechanism having moving time controlled parts, of a suitable motor for driving said parts, said impression mechanism being movable relative to said motor mechanism to make an impression, a pad for inking the operative face of the impression mechanism, a rod or shaft for opcratively connecting said motor with said impression mech anism, and rollers adapted to engage said rod, said rollers permitting longitudinal movement of said rod, whereby said connection is maintained while an impression is being made.

10 In a time stamp, the combination with a stationary frame having end-pieces, of a movable frame adapted to carry impression mechanism and being movable between said end-pieces to make an impression, a yoke engaging the ends of said movable frame, a handle carried by said yoke, said end-pieces having bearings or guide-ways forlned therein for guiding said movable frame in making an impression when power is applied to said handle, a guide post carried by said stationary frame adapted to telescope with said handle when an impression is made, a horologic motor carried by said stationary frame for actuating said impression mechanism, a rod or shaft for continuously connecting said impre sion mechanism with said motor, said guide-post. forming a bearing for said handle and constituting a housing for said rod, and a spring within said guide-post for returning said movable frame to its normal position after an impression has been made In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

YVAL'JER CLYDE JONES. GEORGE ELLIOT IER LY.

Witnesses C. I). Caui, E. A. OrisnN. 

